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Transformation by Karen Kunc — Japanese Etching and box for book, 1997

Transformation

by Karen Kunc

Contemporary Mokuhanga
Abstract
Etching
Date:
1997
Medium:
Etching and box for book
Image courtesy of
Artsy

Description

A concertina-fold artist's book stands open in a zigzag of panels, each covered in dense abstract etched motifs—checkerboards, spirals, chain-like loops, cross-hatching, and organic curves—rendered mostly in red, maroon, and orange tones with accents of blue, black, and cream. In front of the unfolded pages sits a red lacquered wooden box with a perforated lid pattern and metal clasp, presumably the book's storage case. Karen Kunc, "Transformation," 1997, etching and box for book.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Transformation was created by Karen Kunc in 1997.

Transformation uses Etching, on etching and box for book.

Transformation depicts abstract.